In the movie Sleepless in Seattle, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) says to his son Jonah, "Seattle? Why, it rains three-fourths of the year in Seattle!" Isn't it true that this is what we all (mistakenly) think, that it rains all the time except in the summer? But get this: "Rain City" gets less rain than Portland, Atlanta, Houston, Jacksonville, Mobile, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, and Washington D.C. It's hard to believe, but even Seattleites are resigned to the fact that grey skies hover over their beloved city and will not leave.
So what's a little rain? I guess enough for Jeff Foxworthy to joke, "What is the state flower of Washington?" Answer, mildew.
